Worst idea for a TV show ever:
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The
Catholic archdiocese of St. Louis spoke out Thursday against a live exorcism
that will be broadcast on cable television, warning that the
"dangerous" event has not been sanctioned by the church.
Destination America is broadcasting
the event, titled Exorcism: Live!, on Friday. It will take place in the St.
Louis home that was the site of a purported Satanic possession that inspired
William Peter Blatty's book The Exorcist, made into an Oscar-winning film in
1973.
"No exorcism can take place
without the authority of the local Roman Catholic ordinary," auxiliary bishop
emeritus Robert Hermann said in a statement.
The program will exorcise the
actual home, not any person, where a young boy known as "Roland Doe"
was the reported subject of a possession in 1949. Catholic priests performed a
series of exorcisms to free the child from Satanic grip in the notorious case.
"No one has ever attempted to
rid the lurking spirits and demons that inhabit this home -- until now,"
Destination America said in promotional material for the program.
The exorcism is said to be the first
ever broadcast live, but the St. Louis archdiocese said such an extreme measure
should not be treated as mere entertainment.
"Any attempt to use the solemn
Rite of Exorcism as entertainment exposes all participators to the danger of
future hidden satanic attack," Hermann said. "We cannot play games
with Satan and expect to win."
"Anyone involved in this
production who claims to be a member of the Catholic clergy is not affiliated
with the Archdiocese of St. Louis nor are they operating under the authority of
the Vatican," Jones said. "Any purported exorcism ... for the
purposes of entertainment trivializes this ancient rite of the Roman Catholic
Church and the very real danger of evil."
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2015/10/29/Catholic-archdiocese-warns-against-dangerous-exorcism-planned-for-live-TV/8541446150609/
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It was towards the end of his career as a private detective,
that Michael Murphy finally encountered a case he knew he could not handle, and knew better than to try. And
so he called in a Specialist:
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